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ID: 2682 Advanced
清明，是农历的节气之一，也是全家团聚、扫墓的重要节日，来看看古代诗人如何在诗里反映他孤独的清明节，而现代这对年轻夫妻又怎么安排他们的清明扫墓行程。
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
扫墓 sǎomù to sweep a tomb
纸钱 zhǐqián joss paper (ghost money)
香 xiāng incense
卤 lǔ to stew in soy sauce and spices
淑仪下午要去扫墓东西都准备好了没
shúyī 淑仪xiàwǔ 下午yào qù 要去sǎomù 扫墓dōngxi 东西dōu 都zhǔnbèi hǎo 准备hǎo 好le 了méi 没
Shuyi, this afternoon we have to go tomb sweeping, have you got all the stuff ready?
都买了早上去菜场买了水果纸钱香还有花我昨天卤了爸生前最爱吃的牛腱正在切呢一会儿装好就可以走了早去早回也好
dōu 都mǎi 买le 了zǎoshang 早上qù 去càichǎng 菜场mǎi 买le 了shuǐguǒ 水果zhǐqián 纸钱xiāng 香háiyǒu 还有huā 花wǒ 我zuótiān 昨天lǔ 卤le 了bà 爸shēngqián 生前zuìài 最爱chī 吃de 的niújiàn 牛腱zhèngzài 正在qiē 切ne 呢yīhuǐr 一会儿zhuāng 装hǎo 好jiù 就kěyǐ 可以zǒu 走le 了zǎo qù zǎo huí 早去早回yě 也hǎo 好
Yes, I bought everything. I went to the market this morning to buy fruit, joss paper, incense and flowers. Yesterday I stewed a shank of beef just like dad used to like when he was alive. I'm cutting it right now. I'll pack it up and then we can go. The sooner we go the sooner we can come back.
所以我们差不多要出发了是吗
suǒyǐ 所以wǒmen 我们chàbuduō 差不多yào 要chūfā 出发le 了shìma 是吗
So we're more or less ready to leave, yes?
对反正就我们两个早上的事情也都办完了就早点走吧
duì 对fǎnzhèng 反正jiù 就wǒmen 我们liǎng 两gè 个zǎoshang 早上de 的shìqing 事情yě 也dōu 都bàn 办wán 完le 了jiù 就zǎodiǎn 早点zǒu 走ba 吧
Yes, it's just us two anyway. If we've gotten everything out of the way this morning, let's go a bit earlier.
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